S2235
Summer Term 2: 2016
THINKING &
DECISION MAKING
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goals of this course
overview of decision-making research & theory
by the end of the course, you should be able to:
understand your own decision processes
(sometimes) understand other peoples decisi

Lecture 9 |
DECISION MAKING BY GROUPS
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SOCIAL DECISION MAKING:
THE GROUP AS CONTEXT
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overview of social decision making
the group as context: social effects on
judgment and decision making
1. attribution
egocentric biases
2. motivation and the presence

Lecture 10 |
SOCIAL DILEMMAS &
COORDINATION
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3. groupthink
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what have you heard about
groupthink?
Before doing the readings for this class, had you
heard the term groupthink before?
A. I had never heard that term.
B. The term sounded familiar, but I di